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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1900
Page
3
The Springfield Republican notes Lincoln's effusive kindness and harsh honesty. It recounts his acts that saved soldiers and freed enslaved people, his witty rebukes to rebels, and his decisive move to issue the Emancipation Proclamation after McClellan.
General Blair recounts how President Lincoln and Frank Blair visited General McClellan at his headquarters in a sweltering afternoon. Lincoln, pale and uncomfortable, sat in a white linen duster as McClellan finally spoke asking if the president had received his letter from yesterday.
The piece extols Washington and Lincoln as the era’s defining figures shaping the United States from 1775 to 1865. It recalls Washington’s fight for a government of the people and Lincoln’s preservation of the union, including an anecdote of Lincoln granting a widow mercy for one of her sons and testimony to his compassion during the Civil War.
A fragment recalls Abraham Lincoln and a widow dated February 12, highlighting a historical figure and a notable social encounter. The incomplete text hints at a biographical or anecdotal note rooted in Lincoln’s era.
The late Vice President Garret A Hobart admired newspaper men for their roaming freedom and skill in writing. He said he envied their ease in print and regarded writing as a greater art than speaking though audiences suit him better when addressing them.
Molasses for cavalry horses will be one of the expenses for maintaining the army in the Philippines. The note signals a shift in supplies and budgeting affecting mounted units.
Isaac Brock of McLennan County Texas, age 11 years at Valley Mills, recounts his long life and endorses Dr Hartman’s Peruna as a reliable remedy for coughs colds catarrh and grip la grippe. He attributes his health to Peruna and offers a free book from The Peruna Medicine Co Columbus Ohio.
Born before the United States, he witnessed 22 presidents being elected. Peruna reportedly protected him from sudden changes as a veteran of four wars.
A brief obituary notes a 110 year old figure known for conquering the grippe with Pe-ru-na. The tribute highlights a long life and landmark age as the focal point of the notice.
Mrs S A Brigham writes from Ross Creek Alberta in 1899 describing Beaver Hills prairie conditions near Ft Saskatchewan. She notes fertile bottom lands with hay, wheat and barley potential, large potatoes, berries, long JuneJuly days, light thunder, and cool nights. Winds include mosquitoes and bachelor neighbors, with upcoming harvests and logging permits shaping settler life.
A reflective, informal musing critiques voting flaws and greed. The author contrasts wealth as reward with duty to society, warns against cynicism, and argues for open minds while condemning rigid dogma and old prejudices.
A Syracuse Herald quip depicts a father testing a suitor with questions before consenting to marriage. The exchange centers on a cigar brand and the father’s boast that he has married off six daughters with husbands who favor his cigars.
In a tense exchange cited by the Philadelphia Press Miss Roxy accuses her fiancé Gayboy of losing the heavy silver handled umbrella while he explains the umbrella was not raised for rain. The couple debates usage versus storage as a dust precaution.
The advertisement claims catarrh is a constitutional disease and can be cured only by internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure is said to act on the blood and mucous surfaces, not by local applications. It praises a physician’s prescription, lists tonics and purifiers, and invites testimonials.
Deacon Wright regrets missing the prayer meeting as Deacon Goode reports a beautiful gathering. The discussion turned contentious when Brothers Smith and Brown argued about the twentieth century, giving the impression of a ward caucus rather than worship.
The column surveys gender roles and marriage habits with quips about men chasing favors and finances. It notes men’s wages, smoking masks, post marriage letter cleanup, and post holiday expectations, then critiques Chicago opera profits and stage songs.
A compact vignette discusses how people judge others by appearance and demeanor. It notes that charm and confidence shape social interaction while warnings about vanity and misread signals reflect everyday judgments in public life.
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